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major reference

In addition to its nearness to Earth, the Moon is relatively massive compared with the planet—the ratio of their masses is much larger than those of other natural satellites to the planets that they orbit. The Moon and Earth consequently exert a strong gravitational influence on each other, forming a system having distinct properties and behaviour of its own.

celestial mechanics

...not been there. Thus, the line of nodes will have regressed. The instantaneous rate at which the node regresses varies as the geometry changes during the Moon’s motion around Earth, and during the
Earth-Moon system’s motion around the Sun, but there is always a net regression. Such a change that is always in the same direction as time increases is called a secular perturbation. Superposed on...

centrifugal force

Pseudoforces can have real consequences. The oceanic tides on Earth, for example, are a consequence of centrifugal forces in the Earth-Moon and Earth-Sun systems. The Moon appears to be orbiting the Earth, but in reality both the Moon and the Earth orbit their common centre of mass. The centre of mass of the
Earth-Moon system is located inside the Earth nearly three-fourths of the distance from...

origin of Moon

...of the solar system. At first the approach was largely founded on a mathematical examination of the dynamics of the
Earth-Moon system. Rigorous analysis of careful observations over a period of more than 200 years gradually revealed that, because of tidal effects, the...